Comments on: BB reader: "Spot where Pink Floyd's 'Wish you Were Here' album cover was shot? I actually *am* here." http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 17:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1506118 Donald Petersen Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1506118 Nah, I just used my Android's camera, which tends toward a pretty short lens.  A longer lens was used for the cover photo.  A real photographer could probably identify it, but I'm just lucky my thumb didn't show up in the frame. Nah, I just used my Android’s camera, which tends toward a pretty short lens.  A longer lens was used for the cover photo.  A real photographer could probably identify it, but I’m just lucky my thumb didn’t show up in the frame.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1506106 Donald Petersen Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1506106 Wow, Xeni!  Had I known this picture was going to receive so much attention, I'd have borrowed a better camera, used a longer lens, and tried harder to mimic the original's framing... now I'm embarrassed I just shot a casual snap with my crappy Android.  Anyway, glad you liked it. The wall in the background of the album is still there; it's the side of Building 6, containing Dub Stages 5 and 6, and also the magnificent Eastwood Scoring Stage (named after Clint Something-or-Other).  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smaugjr/7776334186/in/photostream/lightbox/" rel="nofollow">Here's a closer shot</a> taken farther down toward the end of Avenue D.  I don't know when the trees were planted, but they're part of Steve Ross Plaza, a lushly landscaped walkway honoring the founder of Warner Communications, who died in 1992.  So I imagine the trees are close to twenty years old, but I wasn't working here when they were planted, so I don't know. Wow, Xeni!  Had I known this picture was going to receive so much attention, I’d have borrowed a better camera, used a longer lens, and tried harder to mimic the original’s framing… now I’m embarrassed I just shot a casual snap with my crappy Android.  Anyway, glad you liked it.

The wall in the background of the album is still there; it’s the side of Building 6, containing Dub Stages 5 and 6, and also the magnificent Eastwood Scoring Stage (named after Clint Something-or-Other).  Here’s a closer shot taken farther down toward the end of Avenue D.  I don’t know when the trees were planted, but they’re part of Steve Ross Plaza, a lushly landscaped walkway honoring the founder of Warner Communications, who died in 1992.  So I imagine the trees are close to twenty years old, but I wasn’t working here when they were planted, so I don’t know.

]]> By: show me http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1505920 show me Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1505920 No, it isn't. No, it isn’t.

]]> By: Omega . http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1505453 Omega . Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1505453 The high wire act recreation of that pose in the olympic closing ceremony was amazing. The high wire act recreation of that pose in the olympic closing ceremony was amazing.

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1505080 Thorzdad Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1505080  I believe the wall in the background of the WYWH shot was torn-down at some point over the intervening years. What you're seeing the "now" photo is the view past where the old wall once stood.  I believe the wall in the background of the WYWH shot was torn-down at some point over the intervening years. What you’re seeing the “now” photo is the view past where the old wall once stood.

]]> By: marukosu http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504966 marukosu Sun, 12 Aug 2012 04:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504966 Maybe after the guy finished burning, they traded the hot ashes for trees. Maybe after the guy finished burning, they traded the hot ashes for trees.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504872 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504872 Some trees grow three to six feet per year.  And that wall appears to have been removed in the intervening decades. Some trees grow three to six feet per year.  And that wall appears to have been removed in the intervening decades.

]]> By: latelatelateshow http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504849 latelatelateshow Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504849 MOJO Magazine did a thorough investigation into the "Wish You Were Here" cover art a few months ago, with first hand accounts and stories of the photo shoot. I wanna say the issue came out Feb. of this year MOJO Magazine did a thorough investigation into the “Wish You Were Here” cover art a few months ago, with first hand accounts and stories of the photo shoot. I wanna say the issue came out Feb. of this year

]]> By: BonzoDog1 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504838 BonzoDog1 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504838 I wonder if my Dark Side of the Moon sticker is still where I left it on a toilet seat somewhere in southern Maine? I wonder if my Dark Side of the Moon sticker is still where I left it on a toilet seat somewhere in southern Maine?

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504833 Xeni Jardin Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504833 There was a thing about that in one of the Pink Floyd documentaries I was watching last night. Short answer: Mono Lake, in California. Took the photographers an incredible amount of time to set up that difficult shot. Yoga model wore a breathing apparatus. There was a thing about that in one of the Pink Floyd documentaries I was watching last night. Short answer: Mono Lake, in California. Took the photographers an incredible amount of time to set up that difficult shot. Yoga model wore a breathing apparatus.

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504830 millie fink Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504830 Needs more flames! Needs more flames!

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504815 EH Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504815 <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=warner+brothers+studios&ll=34.147686,-118.337332&spn=0.002879,0.002993&fb=1&gl=us&hq=warner+brothers+studios&cid=0,0,4696266579752947026&t=h&deg=90&z=19&iwloc=A" rel="nofollow">Looks like</a> maybe the trees were in transit anyway! Looks like maybe the trees were in transit anyway!

]]> By: Doran http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504812 Doran Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504812 You might be surprised how much Burbank has insinuated itself into popular culture. You might be surprised how much Burbank has insinuated itself into popular culture.

]]> By: Tchoutoye http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504811 Tchoutoye Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504811 Who cares about ugly studio lots in Hellholeywood. I'm more interested in where the underwater yoga photo was taken. Who cares about ugly studio lots in Hellholeywood. I’m more interested in where the underwater yoga photo was taken.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504791 Xeni Jardin Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504791 I don't think so. It's been 30+ years, and it's totally plausible that the sort of trees used in landscaping here in Los Angeles would grow to that modest height in <3 decades. I don’t think so. It’s been 30+ years, and it’s totally plausible that the sort of trees used in landscaping here in Los Angeles would grow to that modest height in <3 decades.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504787 EH Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504787 Was the wall at the end of the street shooped in, 70s style? Those trees look too big to have been nonexistent then, but maybe 30 years can do that to a plant. Was the wall at the end of the street shooped in, 70s style? Those trees look too big to have been nonexistent then, but maybe 30 years can do that to a plant.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504773 Xeni Jardin Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504773 That's awesome! That’s awesome!

]]> By: Matthew Kramer http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504772 Matthew Kramer Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504772 Oh yeah? Well here are two friends of mine doing a terrible job re-creating the same album cover!  http://imgur.com/92Hpe http://imgur.com/rbs0q Oh yeah? Well here are two friends of mine doing a terrible job re-creating the same album cover! 
http://imgur.com/92Hpe
http://imgur.com/rbs0q

]]> By: NefariousNewt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/11/bb-reader-spot-where-pink-f.html#comment-1504768 NefariousNewt Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176048#comment-1504768 How cool is THAT! How cool is THAT!

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